Report -Royal Hospital Haslar - Febuary 2016

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Royal Hospital Haslar - Built in 1746 to serve the medical needs of the Navy Haslar was the largest brick building in England. It is surrounded by huge brick walls and fenced one one side by the Solent, and the other by Gosport Creek.. Not to keep out intruders but to keep the Naval patients in.

The hospital closed its doors in 2009 and since then has largely remained untouched.

The day of our explore started with a 4:30am wake up to catch an early ferry then crawling under the security fence before first light. Trying doors and windows around the building we found a way in - sneaking through the corridors and wards, crouching in store cupboards at the footsteps and voices of security guards we made our way around the 63 acre estate.. This was not an easy explore.. But the rewards were huge! Mothballed X-Ray and MRI equipment, floors upon floors of decaying hospital equipment and stacks of ancient hospital records, then the amazing views glimpsed from windows and rooftops!.. I have so many pictures but here are a few that sum up our morning visit..

Ahh no, i hadn't looked at many pictures before going and turns out we missed quite a lot! A revisit is on the cards! Sorry to hear you got busted, we had a few very close calls.. sat in a small room near the crt scanner having a smoke and security walked right past the door searching for us :/ Luckily they were smoking too otherwise we'd have been done!

Headed to Fort Gillkicker after about 5 hours in Haslar its got a nice shell lift going on, worth a look!